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Technology has always found its greatest consumer in a
nation's war and defense efforts. Since the last attempts at a
"Star Wars" defense system, has technology changed
considerably enough to make the latest Missile Defense
initiatives more successful? Can such an application of
science be successful? Is a militarized space inevitable,
necessary or impossible?
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USA
domestic economy Job losses, high... by lchic - May 14,
03 (#11651 of 13311)
Iraq
'We had kids dying just before we started to... by
lchic - May 14, 03 (#11652 of 13311)
from
above "" In Zaire in 1996, Rostrup witnessed... by
lchic - May 14, 03 (#11653 of 13311)
MD
- did i read a header suggesting that BUSH... by lchic
- May 14, 03 (#11654 of 13311)
Friedman's
for standards .... by lchic - May 14, 03
(#11655 of 13311)
If
Casey's visionary grand plans were right for... by
lchic - May 14, 03 (#11656 of 13311)
Casey
was not a lot more visionary than Eisenhower... by
rshow55 - May 14, 03 (#11657 of 13311)
TOP
DOWN not bottom up by lchic - May 14, 03
(#11658 of 13311)
TOP
DOWN not bottom up (response to the... by lchic - May
14, 03 (#11659 of 13311)
Maybe
I'm a bit of a weakling, but I'm also in a... by
rshow55 - May 14, 03 (#11660 of 13311)
``The
system didn't work in this particular... by lchic - May
14, 03 (#11661 of 13311)
`The
truth will set you free?' " he* says... by lchic - May
14, 03 (#11662 of 13311)
What
changes Take a photograph - most photographs... by
lchic - May 14, 03 (#11663 of 13311)
Does
the world have to wait until the... by lchic - May 14,
03 (#11664 of 13311)
If
Nations went back to having a known NATIONAL... by
lchic - May 14, 03 (#11665 of 13311)
Were
there a GLOBAL PLAN ... by lchic - May 14, 03
(#11666 of 13311)
Lchic
... by fredmoore - May 15, 03 (#11667 of
13311)
Can
you price that Fred? by lchic - May 15, 03
(#11668 of 13311)
Brain
- futures ... by lchic - May 15, 03 (#11669
of 13311)
Putin
- Chetnya ... by lchic - May 15, 03 (#11670
of 13311)
Lchic's
postings are distinguished, as they so... by rshow55 -
May 15, 03 (#11671 of 13311)
Facts
- Can these be evaluated with anything like... by lchic
- May 15, 03 (#11672 of 13311)
Casey
really worried about that one... by rshow55 - May 15,
03 (#11673 of 13311)
No
electric pump to supply water to the thousands... by
lchic - May 15, 03 (#11674 of 13311)
Rummy
says the locked up looters for 48 hours, now... by
lchic - May 15, 03 (#11675 of 13311)
''
… getting all your points on a straight line,... by
lchic - May 15, 03 (#11676 of 13311)
Lchic
... by fredmoore - May 15, 03 (#11677 of
13311)
Fredmoore
- solving energy problems - and lots of... by rshow55 -
May 15, 03 (#11678 of 13311)
I
started this year with this: rshow55 -... by rshow55 -
May 15, 03 (#11679 of 13311)
2346...
by rshow55 - May 15, 03 (#11680 of 13311)
On
the Reader Discussion: 'Repress... by rshow55 - May 15,
03 (#11681 of 13311)
rshow55
- 05:28pm Apr 28, 2003 EST (# 11414 of... by gisterme -
May 15, 03 (#11682 of 13311)
fredmoore
- 11:02pm Apr 27, 2003 EST (# 11409 of... by gisterme -
May 15, 03 (#11683 of 13311)
rshow55
- 12:40pm May 15, 2003 EST (# 11682 of... by gisterme -
May 15, 03 (#11684 of 13311)
lchic
- 03:44am Apr 30, 2003 EST (# 11431 of ...) ... by
gisterme - May 15, 03 (#11685 of 13311)
gisterme's...
by rshow55 - May 15, 03 (#11686 of 13311)
China's
tourism has collapsed creating vast... by lchic - May
15, 03 (#11687 of 13311)
.
by lchic - May 15, 03 (#11688 of 13311)
We
need better definitions of "human decency" -... by
rshow55 - May 15, 03 (#11689 of 13311)
""
Economists described the news from Germany as... by
lchic - May 15, 03 (#11690 of 13311)
This
is important: France Claims U.S... by rshow55 - May 15,
03 (#11691 of 13311)
Y'mean
like those rumors that France was going... by jorian319
- May 15, 03 (#11692 of 13311)
It
seems that world economies aren't responding to... by
lchic - May 15, 03 (#11693 of 13311)
If
a nation state actually took an interest, it... by
rshow55 - May 15, 03 (#11694 of 13311)
The
USA is the 'first' as in 'biggest' as in 'most... by
lchic - May 15, 03 (#11695 of 13311)
Jorian319
, that was ugly, but I must say I... by rshow55 - May
15, 03 (#11696 of 13311)
'Baghdad
Bounce' On this thread i posted a... by lchic - May 15,
03 (#11697 of 13311)
The
whole world has had problems with econonic... by
rshow55 - May 15, 03 (#11698 of 13311)
To
get economic systems to work at all... by rshow55 - May
15, 03 (#11699 of 13311)
France
Claims U.S... by rshow55 - May 15, 03 (#11700
of 13311)
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